Men's Volleyball Set For Friday Matinee at FDU

Princeton vs FDU
Fri., Feb. 20 | 2 p.m. | Hackensack, N.J.
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton men's volleyball team will head to Hackensack, N.J. on Friday for a matinee matchup against FDU. First serve is set for 2 p.m.

About the Tigers

Princeton is coming off a home series against #14 Penn State, which saw the Tigers force five sets after being down 2-0 on Friday night in a solid comeback effort. Unfortunately, though, the Nittany Lions took both matches.
Ambrose Engling led the Tigers with 24 kills on the weekend after entering in set three on Friday. With eight errors on 57 swings, Engling hit .281.
Roan Alviar had a solid performance defensively, tallying 11 digs as he came up in clutch moments for the Tigers at libero.
Averaging 3.41 kills a set, Mellon leads the Tigers and ranks fourth in the EIVA. He also ranks fourth in points (3.94/s). Mellon had a red-hot start for the Tigers, recording double figures in each of the first three games of the season. For his career-high 20 kills and .417 hitting against #5 USC, Mellon was named EIVA Offensive Player of the Week on Jan. 19.
Whitfield's 1.00 blocks per set mark a squad-high and put him fifth in the EIVA.
Nolan Kelly has led the Tigers in assists, averaging 8.26 a set. He also leads the squad and ranks third in the EIVA in digs with 2.22/s.
Princeton was picked to finish fourth in the EIVA preseason poll, with Mason Rice and Ryan Vena named players to watch.
Princeton kicked off preseason with a trip to Canada, where the Tigers took home two exhibition wins over McMaster and TMU.
Last year, the Tigers won the EIVA regular season championship. Ultimately, they fell to Penn State in the EIVA tournament finals.
The Tigers are led by Head Coach Sam Shweisky, in his 17th year. He is assisted by Joe Norton, in his third.

About FDU

FDU is 4-4 on the year and coming off a 3-1 win over Dominican on Friday.
Laydon Biro leads the Knights with 3.65 kills a set. Baboloki Silwane leads in assists with 9.18 a set.
Rayjan Suarez Palacios leads the Knights defensively with 1.47 blocks a set, while libero Randy Delgado has 1.83 digs/s.
Princeton leads the all-time series 4-0. The two sides last met in Dillon Gym last season, with the Tigers taking a 3-0 sweep.

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